Adventures in Beauty Wonderland
A surreal take on the classic fairy tale Alice in Wonderland by Keiichi Tanaami, with psychedelic ambientation.
A surreal take on the classic fairy tale Alice in Wonderland by Keiichi Tanaami, with psychedelic ambientation.
Can people feel what lies beyond the action of being "afforded"? If it does, can humans grow to change the outcome? (Source: Official site)
Some are skilled with weapons, while others boast natural appendages that aid in attacking or defending. It is unclear who their enemy is, but it is best to take a few steps back because these little red-and-white creatures pack a powerful punch! [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Short film by Mirai Mizue and Onohana with music by Twoth.
A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.
The circumstances responsible for the person's pained expression remain unknown. However, it can be surmised that love is responsible for the anguish they feel. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
A TV show that is so unclear to whom and where it is broadcast. A strange room where the recording and editing is taking place. A middle-aged gentleman like a wax figure sits on a turntable and grabs the microphone as the director signals him to do so. A reading about the mysterious genre "Ficfyon" has begun. 'What the heck did we not have time for?' The monologue of a man sitting in the audience and continuing to talk about his story will soon move into Ficfyon prophecies about the 2000s. (Source: CaRTe bLaNChe)
A test subject is administered daily medication by a nurse in a ward where mysterious medical experiments take place. One day, when the nurse presses the switch of the test subject, it successfully transforms into a chimera. When the test subject continues to hold human desires to take on non-human forms, what spectacle will arise as a result? And what effect will this have on the subject's relationship with the nurse? (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)
Music video for Aisou ze! by Japanese rock band CHAI, featuring the cast of Dinosaur Biyori.
Old friends Cabbage and Pea reunite under awkward circumstances.
A convergence of childhood memories of World War II with the images of western Pop introduced to Japan in the years of reconstruction. (Source: Widewalls)
A mysterious collection of seven short stories colored by a consistent sense of helplessness. (Source: Pia Film Festival)
A short 6-minute movie, containing flashing lights with images and drawings presented to the viewer.
A series of still images of a highrise building made into an animation resulting in what one might call an experimental art film.
No synopsis information has been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding a synopsis here.
In 356 BC, Alexander the Great arrives in Greece with the ominous destiny that he will become the "destroyer of the world." Inheriting the crown, he becomes king of the Macedonians and starts down a road of conquest with terrific speed. Alexander ultimately confronts his fated nemesis, Darius the Third, in a war with Persia which changes Alexander into the devil he was fated to become, assuring the destruction of all in his path, and possibly himself. (Source: TBS Global Business)
Alice is summoned by the White Rabbit to save Wonderland from spreading Darkness. However, she knows Alice in Wonderland is a story and that this must be a dream. And so it proves, but at the end, the now grown-up Alice sees the events of her dream begin to unfold for real. (Source: thestreamable)
This work is based on 15 years of entries in the diary that I've kept since age eight. Through creating this work I was searching for freedom from my preconceptions about animation and myself. (Source: Geidai Animation)
Symbolized an urban man with a triangle figure, a country woman with a circle, and represented the encounter between the two by movement. Director Shigenji Ogino tried to naturally color the movie via the kinema color technique. Due to being an early work, the technique isn't smooth. Because of this the film has a photosensitive epileptic seizure warning as there are high frequency flashes of red and green frames for the duration of the entire film. Please be careful while viewing.
Azuru Isshiki’s animated short An Instant, pares the art of animation down to its essentials: A series of images drawn in paint on paper. It begins and ends with a small dot, but in-between Isshiki explores the full range of expression possible with just simple animation tools. The film consists of just black and red paint on a variety of different papers. Dots, lines, and spirals dance across the screen, as does a cheerful female figure. (Source: Nishikata Film Review)
Short animation by Tomoyasu Murata.
After graduating from Tama Art University, Nakajima made this work with the intention of submitting to the Sogetsu Animation Festival. Without much funding to work with, Nakajima devised the technique "Kaki-mation," a method of drawing directly on 35mm film. At this time, he frequented Studio Zero—the formative mainstream animation production company of the period. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
A man in a prison dreams of being an angel.
A myriad of shadows resembling humans, animals and bacteria constantly move and merge with each other, while piano music plays in the background. (Source: AniDB)